Someone gave me wondrous Oolong from Taiwan.
A superb way to restart an afternoon.
For a friend who is not here…
"Although my neighbors are all barbarians,
and you, you are a thousand miles away,
there are always two cups on my table."
(Tang Dynasty)
and you, you are a thousand miles away,
there are always two cups on my table."
(Tang Dynasty)
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Father, is that poem from Li Po? I don’t recognize it.
Bede: I am not sure, but it does sound rather like something Li Bai would say.
I know its (bad) Japanese poetry, but:
Wind blows frozen here
With distant hopes of sunshine
A Roman spring comes